/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Eric Bottard
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.excilys.oss.dao.dynamicfinders;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Interfaces whose implementation should be derived at runtime by this
 * framework should bear this annotation. The type of entity such a DAO
 * manipulates must be provided by the {@link #entityType()} attribute.
 * 
 * @author Eric Bottard
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface DataAccessObject {

	Class<?> entityType() default Object.class;

}
